Introduction
State courts are key sources of law, and they serve the public. They should facilitate public access to legal proceedings and should make available official, usable versions of legal records that can be accessed on demand, searched, cited, and relied upon. Doing so should not be viewed as optional or extra but as an essential part of the judicial job in a democratic society. As future U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. wrote during his career as a state supreme court justice:

“[I]it is of the highest moment that those who administer justice should always act under the sense of public responsibility, and that every citizen should be able to satisfy himself with his own eyes as to the mode in which a public duty is performed.” [Cowley v. Pulsifer, 137 Mass. 392, 394 (1884).]

In the hope that shedding new light on the state of online public access to top state courts will encourage greater access, Open Virginia Law has conducted a 50-state survey and compiled the results into this report, which provides both details and an easy-to-understand report card format. ..Source.. by Open Virginia Law

The intent here is not to provide specific links to specific reports and research of various states or their Departments of Correction (DOC), although you might find a few of these too, instead to provide ONE or a FEW URLs where they store (archive) reports and research they publish. This becomes valuable to find the latest version of their reports and research. Some have several places (URLs) they store (archive) things, we show them, and if readers know of other places, please let us know, to add them here for our readers. This is open to all, enjoy.. A never ending project, new stuff as I find it...

This BJS analysis tool allows users to calculate recidivism rates for persons released from state prisons. Recidivism rates may be generated for the entire sample of released prisoners or for released prisoners with specific demographic, criminal history, and sentence attributes. The tool uses data collected by BJS on a sample of persons released from state prisons in 1994 and followed for a 3-year period.

Life360 is a free app that allows users to create private groups, and communicate via group chat. It also sends notifications when members check into places and users can even set boundary limits. "Life360 is perfect for those situations when a child is not supposed to cross a certain street," said Melanie Skalmoski, Green Bay Police Department crime prevention coordinator. "With this, you can see it happen and take the necessary next steps."

The Red Panic Button app is specifically designed for emergencies. A press of the button sends a text message and email that contains a link to Google Maps along with the child's GPS coordinates to everyone in the panic contact list. There are variations of this app. Some versions are free while others cost $2.99 a month.

Family GPS Tracker and Safety Center. This app, Life 360, allows adults to track their kids location at any time. This app also offers a monitoring service to identify sex offenders who may be living in the area.

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